Update on Precocious Puberty: Who Should Be Treated?

Adv Pediatr. 2020 Aug:67:93-104. doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 May 26.

Author

Paul B Kaplowitz¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Endocrinology, Children's National Hospital, George Washington University School of Medicine and the Health Sciences, 111 Michigan Avenue, Northwest, Washington, DC 20010, USA. Electronic address: pkaplowi@childrensnational.org.

PMID: 32591066
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2020.04.003

No abstract available

Keywords: Central precocious puberty; Early puberty; Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues; Predicted adult height; Timing of female puberty.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Body Height
Child
Disease Management*
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / analogs & derivatives*
Humans
Puberty, Precocious / physiopathology
Puberty, Precocious / therapy*

Substances

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone